"Eligibility for higher pay scale is not frozen at the stage of initial appointment, but is capable of being altered upon acquisition of higher qualification,
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"Merely because the original Plaintiff and the original Defendant were friends and neighbours does not mean that an oral agreement entered into between them would have
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"Dowry deaths are indeed a profound disgrace and a major social evil representing a severe violation of human rights and dignity." Supreme Court, in a significant
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"When a convict prays for remission of sentence, the relevant date as regards the applicability of a particular policy would be the date on which
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"Subsequent bar on the power of the court to take cognizance of an offence is of no consequence to those proceedings where cognizance was taken
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"Since the concerned DNA report which forms the core basis to derive nexus of appellant to conviction, itself is doubtful, no reasonable view could have
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" High Court also failed to appreciate that a minor cannot be expected to respond to a public notice or initiate legal proceedings independently." Supreme
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"The settled principle of law is that the scope of proceedings under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Order IX Rule XIII
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"Unless the charged employee accepts his guilt in clear terms, an enquiry on the charges drawn against him would have to be held... a witness would have
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"A litigant cannot be permitted to abuse the process of Court to file a fresh proceeding again on the same cause of action. The bar
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"Scheme of representation of a minor as enumerated in Order XXXII is secular in nature, without being tied up to the personal law of any
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"Such an action on the part of the Presiding Officer cannot be painted red, alleging bias", Karnataka High Court has quashed a transfer order obtained
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"The doctrine of contributory negligence, which may sometimes apply to adults, cannot ordinarily be invoked against children of tender age." High Court of Jammu &
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"The 'immediately preceding three years' for computing the 'market value' on the date of notification under section 11... would be 'immediately preceding three years' from
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"...there is no ground warranting interference under Article 226 of the Constitution in respect of the said acquisition proceedings." Kerala High Court, in a significant ruling
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"Once the Appellate Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction, has extended the benefit of probation on legally sustainable grounds, the same would not be withdrawn merely
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"If the petitioners are already married and have their spouse alive, he/she cannot be legally permitted to enter into live-in relationship with a third person
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"Denial by the accused itself is not sufficient to consider prima facie that there is no mens rea of the applicants for the said offence
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"Where the only evidence against an accused person is the recovery of stolen property... it is not safe to draw the inference that the person in
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"First Appellate Court without following the procedure as required under Order XLI Rule 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure, set-aside the total judgment of the trial
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"Dowry deaths are indeed a profound disgrace and a major social evil representing a severe violation of human rights and dignity." Supreme Court, in a significant
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"When a convict prays for remission of sentence, the relevant date as regards the applicability of a particular policy would be the date on which
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"Subsequent bar on the power of the court to take cognizance of an offence is of no consequence to those proceedings where cognizance was taken
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"Since the concerned DNA report which forms the core basis to derive nexus of appellant to conviction, itself is doubtful, no reasonable view could have
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" High Court also failed to appreciate that a minor cannot be expected to respond to a public notice or initiate legal proceedings independently." Supreme
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"The settled principle of law is that the scope of proceedings under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Order IX Rule XIII
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"Unless the charged employee accepts his guilt in clear terms, an enquiry on the charges drawn against him would have to be held... a witness would have
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"A litigant cannot be permitted to abuse the process of Court to file a fresh proceeding again on the same cause of action. The bar
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In a significant ruling that strikes at the heart of staged insurance fraud, the Supreme Court set aside a Rs. 3.33 crore award granted
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"The institutional assumption that these officers had no future in the Navy was embedded in their service records and later invoked against them at the
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"The ACRs of the Appellants, having never been authored to assess their suitability for career progression, could not have been considered as indicative thereof, and
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"The maxim 'Nemo debet bis vexari' prevents a litigant who has had an opportunity of proving a fact in support of his claim or defence and
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"A security deposit remains the property of the entity making the deposit until a valid adjustment is made; once the moratorium under Section 14 IBC kicks
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"The role of an expert committee appointed by an adjudicatory forum is only to assist and not to adjudicate — adjudicatory functions conferred on the NGT
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"Regulatory power must be exercised as a collaborative enterprise and must not be exercised in a manner that ignores the purpose and object of a policy or
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"The factual existence of an unfilled post cannot be conflated with the legal question of the permissible mode of filling it", Supreme Court of India on
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"A concession or relaxation in a qualifying examination merely enables entry of a candidate into the zone of consideration and cannot be treated as relaxation in
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"The term ‘Court’ used in Section 28-A would include under its ambit the High Court and this Court as well; any interpretation to the contrary would
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The Supreme Court of India on March 25, 2026 set aside a Gujarat High Court order that had cancelled a Letter of Award and an executed contract
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"The conviction can be sustained on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix, if it inspires confidence... minor contractions or small discrepancies should not be a ground
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"Eligibility for higher pay scale is not frozen at the stage of initial appointment, but is capable of being altered upon acquisition of higher qualification,
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"Merely because the original Plaintiff and the original Defendant were friends and neighbours does not mean that an oral agreement entered into between them would have
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"Scheme of representation of a minor as enumerated in Order XXXII is secular in nature, without being tied up to the personal law of any
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"Such an action on the part of the Presiding Officer cannot be painted red, alleging bias", Karnataka High Court has quashed a transfer order obtained
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"The doctrine of contributory negligence, which may sometimes apply to adults, cannot ordinarily be invoked against children of tender age." High Court of Jammu &
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"The 'immediately preceding three years' for computing the 'market value' on the date of notification under section 11... would be 'immediately preceding three years' from
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"...there is no ground warranting interference under Article 226 of the Constitution in respect of the said acquisition proceedings." Kerala High Court, in a significant ruling
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"Once the Appellate Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction, has extended the benefit of probation on legally sustainable grounds, the same would not be withdrawn merely
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"If the petitioners are already married and have their spouse alive, he/she cannot be legally permitted to enter into live-in relationship with a third person
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"Denial by the accused itself is not sufficient to consider prima facie that there is no mens rea of the applicants for the said offence
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"Where the only evidence against an accused person is the recovery of stolen property... it is not safe to draw the inference that the person in
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"First Appellate Court without following the procedure as required under Order XLI Rule 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure, set-aside the total judgment of the trial
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"Such a right to receive reimbursement in the future would certainly enhance the economic stature of the petitioner, and as such, would amount to an
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"Considering the historical importance of the idol recovered as it is claimed to be belonging to 9-10th century and sensitivity of the sectarian interpretation as
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"It is the settled propositions of law that, like cases are to be decided alike and similarly placed petitioners are entitled to get equal treatments
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"The avoidance clause in the policy makes all the difference", Gujarat High Court has held that an insurance company cannot escape paying compensation to road accident
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"If the siding charges levied and collected by the Railways are contended to be legal as well as valid, there cannot be any question of 'overcharge'."
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"The complaint is completely silent on the petitioner's role in day-to-day working — no specific averment that the Managing Director was responsible for manufacturing or marketing operations",
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"The mere assertion that witnesses were unwilling to depose cannot, by itself, justify dispensing with a fullfledged enquiry, particularly when the punishment imposed is that of removal
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"It is a statutory Form identified by distinct identification number disbursed by the Returning Officer himself to each candidate... Hence, there is no case made out
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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